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Budapest Keleti Railway Station Resumes Services, Migrants Not Allowed To Enter
- 1 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s Keleti railway station resumed services after 10am on Tuesday. The station was temporarily closed from 9.09am after police action to stop migrants from entering the railway station. Other passengers were allowed to board an international service bound to Vienna. When the station was closed down after 9am for an unspecified period, all passengers were asked to leave the building.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Immigration Infrastructure Strained
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Analysts ponder the implications of the latest surge in migrants: on some recent days the Hungarian authorities have had to take care of over three thousand migrants, well beyond what even expanded reception centres and registration offices can cope with. How will the current flow of migrants affect the future of Hungary and of Europe? In a series of articles hosted by Mandiner, political ...
Grenade Find Prompts Evacuations In Budapest
- 25 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
About 600 people had to temporarily leave their homes in the Second District yesterday after construction workers found a Soviet shrapnel grenade on Széll Kálmán tér. The square was evacuated and sealed off in a 150-metre radius while the ignition device was examined. The district council directed those who had to evacuate their homes to the Mammut shopping mall and the II. Rákóczi Ferenc high ...
No Threat Of Epidemic Caused By Migrants, Says Hungarian Health Authority
- 24 Aug 2015 4:00 AM
- health & wellness
No threat of an epidemic in Hungary connected with the influx of migrants has arisen and there is no evidence they are spreading pathogens, said Hungary’s health authority (ÁNTSZ). There is nevertheless an epidemiological issue, given that the health status of the migrants is unknown and different health regulations apply in their country of origin, ÁNTSZ told public news channel M1, adding that ...
Only One Out Of 24 Asylum-Seekers Stay In Hungary
- 11 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of people handing in asylum applications in Hungary has reached 110 000 this year, the director-general of Hungary’s Office of Immigration and Nationality (OIN) has said on public radio. According to Zsuzsanna Végh, 90 per cent of migrants hand in a request for asylum and thus gain the right to remain in Hungary. However, this does not mean that they are obliged to arrive to the ...
First Transit Area For Migrants Opens In Budapest
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The first designated area in Budapest available to migrants opened in an underpass near Keleti railway station on Saturday, the municipal council’s chief law enforcement officer said. György Pető said the council ensures basic hygiene and medical services in the designated area. It is not possible to make migrants disappear from the city’s pavements and public spaces overnight but opening such ...
Join Team Unicef Budapest And Save Lives
- 4 Aug 2015 9:02 AM
- sport
Press Release: Come and run in our Team on the:
13th September at the WizzAir Half-marathon (indvidual- and relay)-, or
11th October at the SPAR Marathon on any announced distances.
13th September at the WizzAir Half-marathon (indvidual- and relay)-, or
11th October at the SPAR Marathon on any announced distances.
Low Pay Leaves Hungary’s Tax Office NAV Short Of Staff
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Tax and Customs Office (NAV) is suffering an extremely serious shortage of staff, the weekly Figyelõ reports, referring to a NAV document drawn up for the Economy Ministry. The note states that the equivalent of an entire regional office’s staff left the tax authority in the past year. The decline in personnel is said to due to the low salaries, as NAV employees receive Ft 70,000-160,000 less ...
Lightning Strikes Bathers In Hungary
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
One woman was knocked unconscious and another was injured when lightning struck bathers at Vonyarcvashegy on Lake Balaton on Thursday. A beach employee said bathers were repeatedly warned to leave the water when a storm broke out, but refused to take heed. Lightning also struck a man in Martonvásár as he was cleaning the bed of a stream running through the municipality.
Budapest Keleti Railway Station Resumes Services, Migrants Not Allowed To Enter
- 1 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s Keleti railway station resumed services after 10am on Tuesday. The station was temporarily closed from 9.09am after police action to stop migrants from entering the railway station. Other passengers were allowed to board an international service bound to Vienna. When the station was closed down after 9am for an unspecified period, all passengers were asked to leave the building.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Immigration Infrastructure Strained
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Analysts ponder the implications of the latest surge in migrants: on some recent days the Hungarian authorities have had to take care of over three thousand migrants, well beyond what even expanded reception centres and registration offices can cope with. How will the current flow of migrants affect the future of Hungary and of Europe? In a series of articles hosted by Mandiner, political ...
Grenade Find Prompts Evacuations In Budapest
- 25 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
About 600 people had to temporarily leave their homes in the Second District yesterday after construction workers found a Soviet shrapnel grenade on Széll Kálmán tér. The square was evacuated and sealed off in a 150-metre radius while the ignition device was examined. The district council directed those who had to evacuate their homes to the Mammut shopping mall and the II. Rákóczi Ferenc high ...
No Threat Of Epidemic Caused By Migrants, Says Hungarian Health Authority
- 24 Aug 2015 4:00 AM
- health & wellness
No threat of an epidemic in Hungary connected with the influx of migrants has arisen and there is no evidence they are spreading pathogens, said Hungary’s health authority (ÁNTSZ). There is nevertheless an epidemiological issue, given that the health status of the migrants is unknown and different health regulations apply in their country of origin, ÁNTSZ told public news channel M1, adding that ...
Only One Out Of 24 Asylum-Seekers Stay In Hungary
- 11 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of people handing in asylum applications in Hungary has reached 110 000 this year, the director-general of Hungary’s Office of Immigration and Nationality (OIN) has said on public radio. According to Zsuzsanna Végh, 90 per cent of migrants hand in a request for asylum and thus gain the right to remain in Hungary. However, this does not mean that they are obliged to arrive to the ...
First Transit Area For Migrants Opens In Budapest
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The first designated area in Budapest available to migrants opened in an underpass near Keleti railway station on Saturday, the municipal council’s chief law enforcement officer said. György Pető said the council ensures basic hygiene and medical services in the designated area. It is not possible to make migrants disappear from the city’s pavements and public spaces overnight but opening such ...
Join Team Unicef Budapest And Save Lives
- 4 Aug 2015 9:02 AM
- sport
Press Release: Come and run in our Team on the:
13th September at the WizzAir Half-marathon (indvidual- and relay)-, or
11th October at the SPAR Marathon on any announced distances.
13th September at the WizzAir Half-marathon (indvidual- and relay)-, or
11th October at the SPAR Marathon on any announced distances.
Low Pay Leaves Hungary’s Tax Office NAV Short Of Staff
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Tax and Customs Office (NAV) is suffering an extremely serious shortage of staff, the weekly Figyelõ reports, referring to a NAV document drawn up for the Economy Ministry. The note states that the equivalent of an entire regional office’s staff left the tax authority in the past year. The decline in personnel is said to due to the low salaries, as NAV employees receive Ft 70,000-160,000 less ...
Lightning Strikes Bathers In Hungary
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
One woman was knocked unconscious and another was injured when lightning struck bathers at Vonyarcvashegy on Lake Balaton on Thursday. A beach employee said bathers were repeatedly warned to leave the water when a storm broke out, but refused to take heed. Lightning also struck a man in Martonvásár as he was cleaning the bed of a stream running through the municipality.